Honors
• AVCA All American Second Team (2014)
• AVCA All Region First Team (2014)
• Daktronics All Region First Team (2014)
• All-MIAA Second Team (2013)
• All-MIAA First Team (2014)
• All-MIAA Third Team (2012)
• MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2012, 13)
• AVCA National Player of the Week (2014)
• MIAA Hitter of the Week (Five Times)
2014 • Junior: Appeared in all 109 sets and started in all 31 matches … Led the team with a career-high 446 kills and 4.09 kills per set which ranked 24th and 18th nationally … Her 4.09 kills per set were second in the MIAA … Also led the Jens with 480 points and 4.41 points per set … Landed double-digit kills in 25 matches, including tying her career-best with 26 kills at Missouri Southern (Oct. 10) … Finished the season with 10+ kills in each of the final 19 matches … Recorded her 1,000th career kill against Washburn (Oct. 25) … Hit .236 at 1,230 total attack attempts … Registered 16 double-doubles of 10+ kills and 10+ digs … Dug out 309 attacks, fourth-best on the team … Tied her career-high with a 26-dig effort against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 8) … Had 19 matches with at least 10 digs … Put back 40+ blocks for the third straight year, setting a new career-high with 47 total blocks … Four-time MIAA Hitter of the Week … Selected AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 10) … Named to the All-MIAA First Team … Selected First Team All-Region by Daktronics and the AVCA … Received All-American Second Team honors by the AVCA … Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
2013 • Sophomore: Earned All-MIAA honors for the second time in her career, as a Second Team selection ... Had seven double-doubles, the highest total on the team, including back-to-back postseason matches against Nebraska-Kearney ... Recorded double-digit kills in 15 matches, with 20 or more kills in four matches ... Had double-digit kills in eleven matches ... Finished the year ranked eighth in the MIAA in kills per set ... Recorded a career-high 26 kills on Nov. 23, in the finals of the MIAA Tournament against Nebraska-Kearney ... Had a career-high 7.0 blocks in the Jennies’ match against Emporia State ... Named MIAA Student-Athlete of the Week for the first time on Oct. 7-14, after averaging 4.40 kills per set, with 18 digs, four serving aces, and two blocks over three victories against Missouri S&T, Central Oklahoma, and Pittsburg State ... Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
2012 • Freshman: Started 28 matches on the year, appearing in 29 matches ... Earned All-MIAA Third Team honors as a true freshman, averaging 3.03 kills per set ... Only player on the team to average over three kills and three digs per set on the season ... Finished the year ranked ninth in the MIAA in kills per set, and 15th in digs per set ... Had the highest kills per set average among freshmen in the MIAA ... Scored 14 double-doubles throughout the season, including each of the final five matches of the season, including all four postseason matches ... Recorded double-digit kills in five of her first six appearances ... Set career high of four blocks for the first time on Sept. 7 in the win over Metro State ... Matched career high in three other matches during the season ... Set career high with 20 kills on Nov. 3 against Truman ... Career high 26 digs on Nov. 16 in win over Washburn ... Recorded double-digit digs in 11 consecutive matches to close the season ... Averaged 4.0 kills per set through the MIAA Tournament, nearly a full kill higher than her season average ... Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
In High School: Sojka was a member of the all-state first team after her senior season … Led Blue Springs South HS to back-to-back conference titles in 2010 and 2011 … All-district, all-region and all-conference first team honors after her senior campaign … As a junior, Sojka earned all-conference first team honors … All-district and all-conference second team selection after freshman and sophomore seasons … Finished her career with 1,062 career kills … Participated in the Mo-Kan All-Star Game as a senior.
Personal: Sports Management major … Daughter of B.J. and Amber Sojka
